For the next four days, Gianguan Auctions' gallery at 39 W. 59th Street is welcoming collectors to view the properties in their upcoming December 9 sale. On view are icons of Buddhist art, Modern Chinese Paintings, Zisha teapots, Chinese seals and marquee level ceramics and carved jades.
A Song Dynasty fresco of Water-Moon Guanyin, also known as Avalokiteshvara of the Southern Seas, leads a curated collection of Buddhist art. The ancient fresco is well preserved, with polychrome details intact.
Following it is a secular piece, also a fresco of the Song Dynasty, that replicates the “...